2024 Sankta Lucia Celebration

Astoria High School Commons7 PM, Friday, November 29, 2024 The Polka Dots accordion band will play and the Nordic Youth Choir will sing. Lucia Bride Riley Phillips and members of the 2024 festival court will perform the traditional Lucia procession into the auditorium. Suomi Hall members will serve refreshments afterwards. The general public is invited to this official start of …

Light In the Darkness

 5:30 – 7:30 PM, Friday, December 13(in case of bad weather, same time on Wednesday, December 18) Sixty candles will be lit by 5:30 PM and there will be a short ceremony of song, poetry, and words at 6 PM to remember those who are not with us this holiday season. Friends of Suomi Hall and VASA Swedish Lodge will …